Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Manpower

Paul Blomfield: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average length of service is of staff employed by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency at each local office and regional enforcement centre.

Michael Penning: The following table provides the average length of service of staff employed by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's local office and regional enforcement centres.
	
		
			  Average length of service in years 
			 Local Office  
			 Aberdeen 13.8 
			 Bangor 11.9 
			 Beverley 9.6 
			 Birmingham 8.2 
			 Borehamwood 10.7 
			 Bournemouth 11.0 
			 Brighton 11.9 
			 Bristol 9.3 
			 Cardiff 9.6 
			 Carlisle 7.8 
			 Chelmsford 10.8 
			 Chester 10.3 
			 Dundee 10.5 
			 Edinburgh 9.2 
			 Exeter 8.0 
			 Glasgow 9.7 
			 Inverness 5.7 
			 Ipswich 13.1 
			 Leeds 9.7 
			 Lincoln 11.2 
			 Maidstone 13.7 
			 Manchester 8.1 
			 Newcastle 9.4 
			 Northampton 7.2 
			 Norwich 9.4 
			 Nottingham 7.9 
			 Oxford 16.1 
		
	
	
		
			 Peterborough 8.3 
			 Portsmouth 11.2 
			 Preston 9.4 
			 Reading 9.9 
			 Sheffield 11.8 
			 Shrewsbury 12.5 
			 Sidcup 11.2 
			 Stockton 10.5 
			 Swansea Office 11.0 
			 Truro 6.2 
			 Wimbledon 9.7 
			 Worcester 12.4 
			   
			 Central Regional Enforcement Centre  
			 Bournemouth 10.2 
			 Glasgow 11.5 
			 Northampton 9.6